first edition Softcover
1972 · [North Hollywood CA]
by American National Theatre and Academy and The Antans
[North Hollywood CA]: American National Theatre and Academy. Near Fine. 1972. First Edition. Softcover. (illustrated oversize wraps) [minor surface wear to covers, slight dog-earing to bottom right corner of front cover; spine is faded, and a previous owner has written "The Lunts" on it with a sharpie]. (B&W photographs) Souvenir program book from ANTA's tribute to Lunt and Fontanne, held on June 11, 1972, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Approximately 120 pages, illustrated with numerous photographs from their careers and including numerous congratulatory ads that such publications invariably contains, plus a comprehensive chronology of the Lunts' respective (and joint) careers, by Alan Hewitt, covering their theatre performances as well as their radio, film and TV appearances. Other features: a reprint of a 1929 poem by Ring Lardner, "Rhyme Without Treason"; an article, "The Movie That Changed a Life" by Robert Downing, about how their 1931 film THE GUARDSMAN inspired him to pursue a career in the theatre; a reiminscence, "Working With the Lunts," by Cecil Beaton (about the 1952 production of Noel Coward's "Quadrille"). . (Inventory #: 24553)